Quenya 

axan

law, rule, commandment

axan noun "law, rule, commandment". Adopted and adapted from Valarin. (WJ:399) Pl. axani is attested (VT39:23, defined as "laws, rules, as primarily proceeding from Eru" in VT39:30). Apparently compounded in the name Axantur *"Commandment-lord" (= lord who respects and/or rules in accordance with God-given commandments?) (UT:210)

sito

noun. custom, habit

Derivations

  • ᴺ✶. SIT “*custom, habit”

Sindarin 

haew

custom

haew (i chaew, o chaew) (habit), same fom in pl. (also with article)

haew

custom

(i chaew, o chaew) (habit), same fom in pl. (also with article)

Primitive elvish

sit

root. *custom, habit

Derivatives

  • ᴺQ. sitina “habitual, customary, accustomed, usual, ordinary, common”
  • ᴺQ. sito “custom, habit”
  • ᴺQ. sitta- “I am used to, I do habitually”
  • ᴺQ. situ- “to be accustomed [to]”

Noldorin 

haew

noun. custom, habit

Written hæw (with ae-ligature) in the Etymologies, rectified here according to VT/45:22

Noldorin [Ety/364, VT/45:22] Group: SINDICT. Published by

haew

noun. custom, habit

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. haime “habit” ✧ Ety/KHIM

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶khaimē “custom, habit” ✧ Ety/KHIM
    • ᴹ√KHIM “adhere, stick, cleave [to]” ✧ Ety/KHIM

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶khaimē > haew[kʰaimē] > [kʰaime] > [xaime] > [xaim] > [xaem] > [haem] > [haev] > [haew]✧ Ety/KHIM

Variations

  • hæw ✧ EtyAC/KHIM
Noldorin [Ety/KHIM; EtyAC/KHIM] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Middle Primitive Elvish

khaimē

noun. custom, habit

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KHIM “adhere, stick, cleave [to]” ✧ Ety/KHIM

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. haime “habit” ✧ Ety/KHIM
  • N. haew “custom, habit” ✧ Ety/KHIM
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/KHIM] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

sôm

noun. law, custom, rule

Early Primitive Elvish

siti

root. *custom, habit

An unglossed root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with variants ᴱ√SITI and ᴱ√SIT-U and derivatives like ᴱQ. sitsina “habitual, customary” and ᴱQ. situ- “am accustomed” (QL/84). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing, but I think it is worth positing a Neo-Root ᴺ√SIT to salvage some of these early words.

Derivatives

  • Eq. sito “custom, habit” ✧ QL/084
  • Eq. sitta- “I am used to, I do habitually” ✧ QL/084
  • Eq. situ- “to be accustomed [to]” ✧ QL/084

Variations

  • SIT-U ✧ QL/084
Early Primitive Elvish [QL/084] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

sito

noun. custom, habit

Derivations

  • ᴱ√SITI “*custom, habit” ✧ QL/084

Element in

  • Eq. sitsina “habitual, customary, accustomed, usual, ordinary, common” ✧ QL/084

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√SITI > sito[situ] > [sito]✧ QL/084
Early Quenya [PME/084; QL/084] Group: Eldamo. Published by